I agree with breezy, if you can find a 27" on display take your pans and dishes to see how they fit. The Elux is more roomy inside than the GE that it replaced. I don't agree that everyone is moving to 30". Originally I thought we would have to make all the changes to fit a 30" oven. Two of the three people who came to look at the cabinets told us we could fit a 27" into the opening, and that they were installing a lot of 27" ovens in new construction. I bake on 11" x 17" cookie sheets, and my big roasters are a bit bigger. I can fit 3 cookie sheets in the oven, and get even browning without having to move the pans around. I can fit the big roaster into the oven and have something else on another shelf. If your casserole dishes are wide with handles that extend out ever further, you may have trouble. I'll measure the width of the oven when I get home tonight. I know the depth, from the fan to the door is about 16". For Thanksgiving I roasted a 24 lb turkey, and was able to put a second pan of sweet potatoes in at the same time. The SP were flat, I would not have been able to fit something tall in the oven with the giant turkey. Cheryl

patty cakes, I have my stuff all over, but I plan on changing that when the weather gets warmer, I plan on putting a simple (but sturdy!!!)shelving system on my garage wall. I like having catagories stored together for example: all glass all crystal (crystal and china, WILL stay in the house though because of wild outdoor temperature fluxations) by color by object (vases, stands, decortive bowls etc) I keep different inexpensive flatware settings in clear shoe boxes- they stack nicely and I can see them thur the plastic Expensive flatware is in 2 wood, felt lined flatware "boxes" these stay in the house. Linens: Cloth napkins: store right now in a set of plastic drawers in closet, by color, I have alot of cloth napkins, they add greatly to the look, plus I DO actually use them for every meal. Table cloths: they are hung on hangers ment pants, not the clip type but the "fold over the bar type" Right now my good china is in part of my small linen closet in the hall way, but I need more room, I may retro fit a large sliding door closet in one of my extra bedrooms to incorporate them. A bunch of my crystal and glass small accessories is stored in an under the bed container, some is wrapped in tissue. TIP: wrap valuable christmas ornaments in Microwave Safe Bounty paper towels (I get mine at Walmart but I am sure they have it in other grocery stores), they are acid free, so they will not "outgas" and ruin your ornaments. If you are wrapping true linen (or any other valuable cloth), you will also want acid free tissue paper.. Storing dishes is easier, since they can be stacked to a point, never stack more than 8 china dishes on each other, you can stress the plates if you "overstack". Stemware does take up a lot of room, but because I love it and my particular "living situation" I can put it in more places than some of you. I find I don't have to buy as much as you would think, I own basic colors that are interchangeable for many "looks", but that's another Post.

I actually considered this. So I think it's an interesting idea. Intellectually. I don't know where you live, but maybe Eurostoves, outside Boston, can offer some advice. They would know about differences in current, getting service, maybe insurance, maybe other lines. They might even be able to special order something, or tell you where to find it. Or tell you their thoughts on how to go about what you're going to do. Also, have you considered what's available in Canada? I could never get my head around how a device made for another electrical current could really be safe here. But that's me. Some people are terrified of canaries ... Or spoons. When I looked into having literally anything brought over, no matter what it was, a sink, an appliance, whatever, the cost of the object locally, plus shipping, added up to approximately the cost of an equivalent "eurostyle" object in the US - translation -- we're already paying for the shipping, we might as well get what we REALLY want. Plus -- and here is where I get truly evil -- the biggest hit in shipping is the first hundred pounds or so. After that it gets much cheaper. So while you're getting that shipped, if there's anything else you've been dreaming of getting shipped, like some nice tile, or a schranke or something cool, you might as well. In fact, (and I am honestly a fairly cheap person) you might be wise to get a cheap winter plane ticket, do the deal in person, see to the shipping on that end and make sure you get the appliance you need and you get your questions answered. And a little winter holiday! Good luck!

A chiffarobe is a mixture of wardrobe and chest of drawers, usually with hanging space down one side behind a door, and drawers down the other. Sort of a small portable closet, used in modest older houses that had very little (if any at all) clothing storage built in. I was thinking about that lack of closets (my house suffers mightily from this affliction) the other day, and realized that nobody had anywhere near as many clothes as we do now, even in my mother's generation (she's in her 90's).